Kumar Sarat Kumar Ray

E685426

Kumar Sarat Kumar Ray was a prominent Bengali scholar and philanthropist best known for establishing the Varendra Research Museum, one of the earliest research museums in the Indian subcontinent dedicated to history and archaeology.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Varendra Research Museum 0

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bengali person
museum
person
research museum
scholar
country People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: Bangladesh
countryOfCitizenship British India
ethnicity Bengali
fieldOfWork archaeology
history
focusesOn archaeological heritage of Bengal
history of Varendra region
hasFounded Varendra Research Museum NERFINISHED
inception early 20th century
knownFor promoting historical and archaeological research in Bengal
supporting cultural and educational causes in Bengal
languageOfWorkOrName Bengali
English
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Rajshahi District NERFINISHED
Rajshahi Division NERFINISHED
location Rajshahi NERFINISHED
mainSubject archaeology
history
notableFor being one of the earliest research museums in the Indian subcontinent
establishing the Varendra Research Museum
occupation philanthropist
scholar
placeOfActivity Bengal Presidency NERFINISHED
Rajshahi NERFINISHED

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Varendra Research Museum foundedBy Kumar Sarat Kumar Ray